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A review by ashleylm
Hero Wanted by Dan McGirt
1.0
This was disappointing. The style of humor was low-to-middling (barely there, most of the time, and occasionally expressed as silly proper nouns for places and people). A bit juvenile, really (and this comes from someone who loves reading children's books, so long as they're of sufficient quality. Eventually I realised the tedium would not end and I'd rather move on to something else--there are a finite number of books I can read, and an increasingly large quantity of books I'd like to try, so I feel no compunction whatsoever of dropping a novel midway through. I this case, it was about the 20% mark when I decided it would not improve.
If you think Terry Pratchett or the Thraxas novels are too clever and confusing for you, try Hero Wanted, otherwise, don't. Even the Myth, Inc books offer better humor and better quality writing, without taxing the brain too much.
(Note: 5 stars = rare and amazing, 4 = quite good book, 3 = a decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. There are a lot of 4s and 3s in the world!)
If you think Terry Pratchett or the Thraxas novels are too clever and confusing for you, try Hero Wanted, otherwise, don't. Even the Myth, Inc books offer better humor and better quality writing, without taxing the brain too much.
(Note: 5 stars = rare and amazing, 4 = quite good book, 3 = a decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. There are a lot of 4s and 3s in the world!)